Hi Keith, It is possible, but you have to sync all ringtones, currently if you choose to sync only selected tones the process of selecting tones is not accessible. This of course is stupid since it used to be perfectly accessible, but that is Apple for you, when it comes to accessibility they think they are like God which means “they giveth and they taketh away.”
Anyhow, here is what you need to check/do: 1. You should have a “Tones” folder in your iTunes Media folder and your ringtone or ringtones which of course must be in M4R format must be in this folder. 2. You must open iTunes and make sure the ringtones are also added to your iTunes library, easiest way is to go to File > Add Folder to Library, browse to the Tones folder and select it. 3. You can now go to the Tones section in your library (shortcut is Control+8 or go to View > Media Kind and arrow down to Tones) and check to make sure the tone or tones are there and if you like you can press enter on them to make sure they play. I just tried this and pressing Control+8 did put me directly into my list of tones and this part seems to work very well, I was able to arrow down and Jaws read all my tones and pressing enter on one played it. 4. Now in order to sync the tones connect your iPhone and go to the device section, i.e. find the “iPhone” button and activate it. 5. Tab (6 times on my laptop) until you get to the “Device Sidebar treeview” which starts with “Summary”. 6. Arrow down to “Tones”, the list should go like this: Apps, Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Books, Audio Books and then Tones. 7. Tab once and you get to Sync Tones, make sure this is checked, then tab until you get to Sync All Ringtones and check it. I just tried again and while you can easily find the Sync selected Ringtones checkbox, the list where they are all displayed and where a sighted person can easily check them off does not read at all. 8. Now either tab to Sync or Apply or you can go to File > Devices and select to Sync. Now, I thought I would see if there is anything I can do via touch. I just bought this fancy Asus Zenbook laptop which has a 15.6 inch 4K touch screen. I first simply activating the Jaws touch cursor, but it didn’t get me into my list of ringtones. I then explored the screen and found ringtones and Jaws read me the name and said “not checked”. Unfortunately this is as far as I got, I tried to tap or double tap, but nothing happened. It may of course be that I am just not experienced enough yet with using touch on a Windows PC with Jaws, but my wife watched and tried herself without success. I then turned off Jaws and she touched/tapped the screen once and the tone was checked. If only this was as easy with Jaws then those of us who had a tablet or touch enabled laptop could do a lot more. I think we should all bombard Apple with monthly emails asking them why on earth iTunes and iCloud.com have such terrible accessibility and could they please get on with it and fix this. Good luck, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2016 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Getting tones from iTunes on PC to iPhone Hi, Is this possible? I purchased a ringtone in the past, but it did not get onto my phone when I set up my iPhone 7 from an encrypted backup from my iPhone 6. Apparently, the only way I can get this is via iTunes on my PC, at least that’s what the Apple help folks are telling me. I’ve looked around within iTunes on my Windows 7 machine running JAWS 17 latest version, but can’t find a way to do this. No Tones options appear anywhere. I’d appreciate learning if this is possible and how to do. Thanks in advance, Keith -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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